Good Morning, All

When I invited myself to write something to you all today, my first thought was, “Wow, of course! What an honor!”

Then I thought, “Hmm, what could I ever impart on these people? How could I even make just a small impact? Perhaps even on just one person? What really do I have to offer?”

I certainly do not know everything, and I aim to make no such impression. Rather, I hope to offer you only my own personal perspective, snapshots from my own journey, in the hopes that maybe, just maybe, they might speak to you, too.

Now, when I sat down at my desk to write this, I thought, “Where to begin?” There were so many things I wanted to say to you, and yet crafting them into the perfect prose proved simply impossible.

It wouldn’t be fair for me to give you the idea that life can be all packaged up and tied with a bow, or that I somehow hold all the answers.

So, instead, I will spend what feels like innumerable attempts at saying something while saying nothing, humbly indulging in my own egotistical preoccupations, aiming to get closer to you while I fade slowly and slowly away.